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GIS Datasets for China
China 2000 county population census.
Zhongguo 2000 xian ji ren kou pu cha zi liao
Location Rotch Library - GIS collection | CDROM G7821.E2 2000.Z4 2003
Includes over 1,900 variables from 2000 population census data for counties and urban districts. Available variables listed at: http://chinadatacenter.org/newcdc/BookListDetail.asp?ID=1011
China 2000 township population census
Zhongguo 2000 nian xiang zhen ren kou pu cha zi liao yu di tu
For Shanghai and Guangdong provinces only
Location Rotch Library - GIS collection | CDROM G7824.E2 2000.Z4 2005
The 2000 township data represent townships as as points in shapefile format. There are more than 1,900 attribute variables integrated with the township map. Variables listed at: http://chinadatacenter.org/newcdc/BookListDetail.asp?ID=1392
Historical county population census data with maps : 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2000.
Zhongguo wu ci xian ji ren kou pu cha shu ju
Location Rotch Library - GIS collection | CDROM G7821.E2 2000.Z42 2005
Includes the population Census data at county level for 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990 and 2000, integrated with the county GIS maps in Shapefile format. All variables are in both Chinese and English." Variables listed at: http://chinadatacenter.org/newcdc/BookListDetail.asp?ID=1391
Digital map database of China
Zhongguo shu zi di tu [electronic resource] / Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Guo jia ce hui ju zhi zuo ; ben shang pin di sheng chan di dao Meiguo huan jing xi tong yan jiu suo gong si di xie zu
Location: Rotch Library - GIS collection | CDROM G7820 1995.C45
Contains data for administrative areas, populated places, railroads, roads, cultural features, hydrography, hypsography, vegetation, land cover, bathymetry and geographic grid.
Digital Maps for GIS
Publisher: GfK Macon
Location Rotch Library - GIS collection | CDROM G3200 2005.W67
This is a world wide dataset. China data can be found on the Asia disk. Index for Asia (pdf format)
Gaoming, Guangdong province, China
Gaoming Qu (Foshan Shi, China)
Location Rotch Library - GIS Collection | CDROM G7824.F65:3G3 1999.G36
Black and White, 5 meter resolution image, from the Satellite/sensor: IRS-IC Pan AO. Image acquisition date Dec. 22, 1999.
For statistical and economic information from China check China Data Online, which provides:
- monthly and yearly reports on China’s macroeconomic development
- statistical databases on China’s population and economy at the county and city level
- financial indicators of industries
- statistical yearbooks
- industrial and marketing surveys
- an atlas of China
For more electronic information on China available through the MIT Libraries try a "China" keyword search in http://libraries.mit.edu/vera. The atlas of China listed above provides static, pre-made maps of information. To create your own dynamic maps and combine chosen layers of information for analysis, use a GIS system. For example: data by county could be joined with a county boundary file and mapped in a GIS.
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| Total population according to the 1953 Census: 578,676,059 |
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Total population according to the 2000 Census: 1,242,612,226 |
Chinese Census data & 1990 and 2000 Worldwide Landsat Mosaics are avaiable in the GIS collection, Rotch Library.
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The Pearl River Delta in the Guangdong Province is one of the fastest growing areas in China. Urban areas appear purple in these Landsat images. A vast amount of farm land has transformed into urbanized areas in a short period of time. |
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| Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province, China, 1990 |
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Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province, China, 2000 |
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